Marriage and God’s plan of eternity

In the Garden of Eden, God saw the good in everything He has created: the land, the vegetation, sun, the moon, the animals and fishes and man. According to the author of Genesis, “God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day” (Genesis 1:31). God was satisfied with the world of His hands and declared their goodness. The sun worked in the day, the moon at night, the land was separated from the waters, the different types of animals beautified the world, and man was set to be the ruler of the created things. Definitely God had a good plan! Only an excellent designer can create a beautiful world and put things in their right places. The earth, the moon and the sun are a wonder and their existence can only be proven with scripture. Science has lots of questions about the existence of our world. The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” (Genesis 2:18) As the narrative of Genesis moves on, we are given a detailed account of how God made the world and the things in it in Genesis chapter 2. Suddenly, the narrative takes a different momentum: “The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him” (Genesis 2:18). Thus, God identified the need for man (the male person) to have another person comparable to him. Man had all the animals,  the trees, the fishes and all creation at his disposal, yet God said it is not good for the man to be alone. The very first institution God established is marriage and the last institution that God will spend eternity with is the church which is the bride of the Lamb.  In fact Paul admonishes us in Ephesians that “the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless” (Ephesians 5:23‭, ‬25‭-‬27). In Revelation 19:7, the scripture states that “Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.” Marriage is a picture of God’s relationship to mankind. It is a type of what we will experience in eternity. The fact that there are no marriages in eternity does not mean we should not enjoy our marriages on earth. The institution under severe attack in our days is marriage. Contrary views about marriage and raising children have caused broken homes. Divorce is no more abhorred but preferred. This week, we shall consider some lessons on God’s plan for marriage.  Dear God, help us to understand marriage in the light of your word. Help us to enjoy our marriages to the fullest. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

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